Father, son held on $50,000 bail for reported beating of Taunton man

The Acushnet father and son accused of severely pummeling and kicking a Taunton man last week each were ordered held on $50,000 cash bail at a bail appeal hearing Monday in Fall River Superior Court.

The Acushnet father and son accused of severely pummeling and kicking a Taunton man last week each were ordered held on $50,000 cash bail at a bail appeal hearing Monday in Fall River Superior Court.

Judge John Connor stipulated that both Jacob Adams, 25, and his father Christopher Adams, 52, in the event of their posting bail, be subject to 24-hour confinement in their 65 Keane Road home; their whereabouts be monitored by means of wearing GPS bracelets; and they only be allowed to leave the premises for a pre-approved court appearance, medical appointment or consultation with a probation department representative.

The men are due back in court for a June 22 review hearing, said Miliote, adding that Christopher Adams is now being defended by Brockton lawyer Kevin Reddington and Jacob Adams by New Bedford attorney Antone Cruz. The father and son have been held in Dartmouth’s Bristol County House of Correction since their arraignment Friday in Taunton District Court.

The victim, 25-year-old Gary Medeiros of 405 Washington St., has been on life-support at Rhode Island Hospital since last Wednesday, when police say he was beaten and kicked in the head on Mryicks Street in East Taunton near the Lakeville town line.

Medeiros’ medical condition has worsened, going from “serious” to “critical” in the span of less than two days, a Rhode Island Hospital spokesman confirmed Monday.

If he dies, Medeiros will represent Taunton’s first recorded homicide of 2011.

Both Adamses have been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot), assault and battery with serious bodily harm resulting and armed robbery.

Police say the pair tracked down Medeiros and beat him as retribution for his having entered their family home in Acushnet and stealing $1,875. Medeiros, for some reason, allegedly left behind $855 in the Adams mailbox and kept the remaining $1,020.

More arrests could result from the incident: An eyewitness to the assault told cops as the father and son were beating Medeiros another two men showed up and joined in.

Medeiros allegedly went into the Adams house while his ex-girlfriend — Christopher’s daughter and Jacob’s sister — was upstairs.

The ex-girlfriend allegedly called her mother, a clerk magistrate at New Bedford District Court, and the two women reportedly arranged to meet Medeiros at the Star Drive-In in East Taunton.

He never made it, police said, and instead endured a severe beating.

Medeiros was able to drive himself back to his Washington Street apartment — where he collapsed and was discovered by a female roommate — after the sound of approaching sirens convinced his attackers to quit their assault, police said.

At Friday’s arraignment in Taunton District Court, Judge Paul McCullum noted in a handwritten missive that Medeiros had been placed on life-support at the hospital and would “soon” be taken off the life-sustaining device.

Jacob Adams is listed as a truck driver for Don Adams Oil Co. of New Bedford and his father Christopher as manager, according to police booking sheets.

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